Assembly Bill A9556

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes the department of economic development to give a preference to any tourist promotion agency that is promoting the sport of stickball

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A9556 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Tourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development
Law Section:
Economic Development Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §161, Ec Dev L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A860

2021-A9556 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the department of economic development to give a preference to any tourist promotion agency that is promoting the sport of stickball.

2021-A9556 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9556
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 16, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GIBBS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to the author-
   ization of the department of economic development to give a preference
   to any tourist promotion agency that is promoting the sport of  stick-
   ball

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 161 of the economic  development
 law, as amended by chapter 86 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (a)  Encourage, facilitate and coordinate the planning and implementa-
 tion of programs to advertise, stimulate, promote and  increase  tourist
 travel,  resort,  vacation, culture and convention activities within the
 state and its regions with such flexibility as to bring about as  effec-
 tive and economical a tourist promotion plan as possible. The department
 shall  give a preference to any tourist promotion agency that is promot-
 ing the sport of cricket OR THE SPORT OF STICKBALL;
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law; provided, however,  that  if  section  2  of
 chapter  86 of the laws of 2022 shall not have taken effect on or before
 such date then this act shall take effect on the same date  and  in  the
 same manner as such chapter of the laws of 2022 takes effect.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14911-01-2

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